The landscape and drainage surrounding your home plays a huge role in managing moisture accumulation beneath the foundation. Leaking landscape pipes, overwatered vegetation as well as poor drainage ...

Q: My house foundation was poured on a sloping lot. I stopped by just after the forms were stripped from the foundation, and I think the foundation was poured too deep. The ground on one side of the ...

We’ve all seen puddles in the yard after one of the quintessential Dallas rainstorms. However, this standing water might indicate a problem: your yard’s drainage might be insufficient. Fortunately, ...

I stopped by my new home construction site the night before the foundation footer was going to be poured to start to take photos. I saw several white pipes inside the forms and wondered what they were ...

Q: The lot where I'm building my new home is quite rocky. The soil cover is perhaps only 3 feet deep. Fortunately, no blasting is required to dig into the rock. What are some of the challenges I'll ...

Water pooling in your yard or around the house after heavy Dallas-Fort Worth rainfall can indicate poor drainage near the foundation. As a homeowner, you might wonder, “Why does poor drainage cause ...

The person who coined the phrase “saving for a rainy day” must have been a property owner with home drainage problems. The financial costs of poor drainage can be substantial, and the human health ...

Q. After all the rains last season, I finally decided to check my foundation to see if there was any water. I was surprised to find several pools of water and even more surprised to see black mold and ...